Breitling Superocean Heritage

New Benrus
Just got this little jewel a day or so back. Love the detail of the 'dentil' trim effect and the 'sudo Curvex' shape. Bet I know what they were competing with. Great little runner, and it shows very little wear. Still need to polish it up but, it is in great shape for what I am guessing is a 40's vintage watch. Not sure yet of the exact year. That is what many have expressed is the most frustrating part of collecting Benrus. Not alot of easy info like there is for the Hamiltons.Came with a vintage pigskin strap that is in superb shape. Really like that strap's look now that I have one. I know it was a common look for the time for most of the American manufacturers, and you can see why. Very natural in it's appearance and very complementary of the watch as a whole.Let me see any cousins you might have!

Silver Hamilton Pocket Watch
Can anybody please tell me what you would pay for an antique Hamilton pocket watch (description below)? Would you recommend this type of watch for someone who is a watch enthusiast? Thank you so much in advance for your help¡­Description: Antique Hamilton silver pocket watch in good condition. All alignments for covers to movement are proper and the covers snap together tightly. It starts running as soon as you begin winding it. This movement is stem wind and set. Before my uncle gave this to me, he had the watch professionally cleaned and oiled so it should continue to function properly for years to come. I recently tested this watch to ensure proper function. My testing has shown that this watch ran consistently and kept accurate time. The winding and time setting functions on this watch also perform properly. The movement is marked as Hamilton Watch Co. Lancaster, PA with 17 Jewels, a safety pinion, serial code 267118, size 18, and grade 425. On the inside it has some engravings witc

Top or Quartz Watches?
I didn't really see another forum for this question . . . and since Seiko sold the first quartz watches and the Japanese watchmakers still seem to make a lot of quartz watches, I thought I would ask here.People often discuss what are the top or "best" mechanical watches, whether it be Patek, or AP, or even the truly custom handmade watches made by individual watchmakers in Britain and Switzerland . . . But I do not recall seeing anyone discuss what are considered to be the top or "best" quartz watches.What do folks here think?I know that their are Swiss quartz movements, but it seems to me that Seiko and Citizen in particular are driving the state of the art in Quartz watches today (but maybe some others have different opinions).I am thinking that maybe one of the Seiko Perpetual Date Auto Relay Kinetics, like the model pictured below, might be at the top of the heap.Any other nominations??

Wow! Portuguese Sid¨¦rale Scafusia
NEW RELEASE: The IWC Portuguese Sid¨¦rale Scafusia, The Most Complex Watch From*IWC...Ever - Watches Worth Knowing About - HODINKEE

Servicing Mechanical Watches?
On many occasions I have urged people to bring in their mechanical watch for servicing every four to five years.During a lunch speech I gave yesterday on watches to a business club, I made that remark as well. One of the participants asked me to type in the URL of the blog of Nicholas Hacko an Australia based watchmaker.Not a single person in the audience had voiced anything against regular servicing after Mr. Hacko's blog was projected onto the wall by my beamer. Truly amazing, isn't it?